Carol Vorderman reveals word she calls herself to describe her ‘player’ love life with lots of ‘special friends’

CAROL Vorderman has revealed what she calls herself to describe her “player” love life with lots of “special friends”.

The 62-year-old opened up about her relationships during an exclusive chat with Fabulous – hitting back at those who insist she should settle down.

Former Countdown host Carol said: “In the past, you’d be called horrible words as a woman.

“A man is a ‘player’, but there is no female equivalent word.

“So I’ve made one up. I call it ‘Boada’, which is like [ancient warrior queen] Boadicea.”

For the past decade, Carol has been having “no-strings-attached” relationships with multiple men and believes many of her peers are doing similar but simply feel too much shame to admit it.

“I am a great proponent that if women choose to not get married or they want to be with someone for a limited period of time, they can now,” she explains.

“It’s your choice if you have a boyfriend or you don’t.

“I might have a boyfriend who only lasts a few months. I call them ‘special friends’. People may have other terms for them [laughs]!

“But I’m happy living my life that way. The people involved are also very happy about it. That’s between us, it’s nothing at all to do with anybody else.

“The first rule is: do no harm, so for me that means only single people, obviously.”

She’s clear, too, that choosing to live this life should hold no shame. “I have a very full, happy, exciting and adventurous life. And it makes me laugh every day. It’s ridiculous and it’s fantastic. 

“I think many people are living that life but are too frightened to say. There are a lot of fresh divorcees coming into their 50s and the majority wouldn’t want to get married again.

“They’d say: ‘Maybe I’d like someone, maybe a few people. I didn’t know I wanted to do this, but I want to explore this now.’”